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Highlights of Last Year's Camp
We
returned for the fifth year to Snow Mountain Ranch to explore the 2007 theme, “The
Trans-Siberian Railroad.” Campers had the opportunity to experience different
stops along the railway through crafts, cooking, games, music, and dance. The
middle and high school campers also enjoyed Snow Mountain Ranch recreational
activities (middle school-canoeing and zip line and high school-rafting) along
with crafts. Parent workshops included parenting and adoption themes as well
as cooking and history.
One of the highlights was the building of a replica
of St. Basil’s Cathedral which was an all-camp activity, and was
not to be believed when it was finished!
The
opening ceremony included the Russian Bread and Salt tradition of welcome
along with the retelling of the “Firebird” and information about the
upcoming journey on the train. As the kids left the opening, they were each
given a train ticket to begin their adventure. Friday evening the families
enjoyed time together. While the kids roller skated, parents and community
members enjoyed tea and desserts along with just a bit of vodka tasting. Violin
music supplied the background music. Saturday night was a beautiful representation
of “The White Nights Festival” with entertainment from traditional
dancers.
REECA
Camp 2007 saw many members of the Colorado Russian and Eastern European community
join us to share their knowledge and insights about key aspects of the culture.
Their participation gave a more authentic understanding for our families.
Although we have built a strong network of community volunteers, we are always
looking for more volunteers to work with the kids, teach workshops, cook meals,
etc., and to be counselors at camp. Though we have built on this community
participation each year, we’d especially like to invite more members
of the Eastern European and central Asian communities to join us as volunteers this year! Please consider joining us this year!
As a non-profit 501 C(3) organization, Russian/CIS Heritage Camp is always
seeking financial assistance to help keep camp costs reasonable for families, and still provide an
outstanding program. If you'd like to help, please go
to the Donations section of this
web site, and thank you very much in advance.
We are also in need of donations of frequent
flier miles to help defray costs of out of state speakers. If
you have miles you can donate, please email us at info@heritagecamps.org
To see a sample of the fun enjoyed by all at RHC
2007, more pictures of Russian/CIS Camp 2007 can be seen by clicking here .
We hope to see you at camp this summer. For further information, please contact us.
